Sopacbacom: A Pictorial Review of the South Pacific Base Command
Late 1944 or 1945, oblong wraps, 55 pp, good only with water stains and rumpling from dampness throughout, but readable and useful. Lots of pics.
World War II
Banargee & Other Sketches
Paperback. Softcover. 4to. 148pp. Inscribed by Charles Abernethy. Sketches written in the 1940s while serving in the United States Army. Very Good. Light general shelfwear, light rubbing to wraps. Contents unmarked.
War Diaries, 1939-1945: Field Marshal Lord Alanbrooke
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001. First printing. Hardcover. Green cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 763pp., illustrated in b&w. Book shows mild wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ shows hint of rubbing.
A Sound in the Sky
London: RK Hudson, Publisher, 1994. First printing. Paperback. 1994 Softcover, in Very Good condition, showing some wear, and also this is volume shows stamps and tagging that indicate that it was once part of a library collection.
Lucky Forward: The History of Patton's Third U.S. Army
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1947. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards in remnant of jacket, octavo, 424pp., illustrated in b&w. Book has mild edgewear and toning to boards, binding tight, text clean and unmarked but toned throughout. DJ poor with most of front panel and all of front flap missing, remaining.....
The History of the Panzerwaffe--Volume 1: 1939-42; and Volume 2: 1942-45 (Two volume set)
Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2015 and 2017. Hardcover. Two volume set! Black cloth boards in dust jackets, small quartos, 304pp. and 304pp., illustrated in b&w. Books show hint of wear to edges of boards, bindings tight, texts clean bright and unmarked. DJs show mild shelfwear and toning.
On Target, with the American and Australian Anti-Aircraft Brigade in New Guinea
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1943. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1943. Cloth hardcover, 171 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, owner's old signature in ink on the front pastedown, ink inscription on the front flyleaf, age-toning to the pages and page-edges, rubbing and mottling to the book's covers.....
Robert Brasillach et la Generation Perdue (Les Cahiers du Rocher 2)
Paris: Rocher, 1987. Paperback. 1987, Softcover. French text. Very Good. Clean text.
The 1942 Lucky Bag, The Annual of the Regiment of Midshipmen
Annapolis, MD: United States Naval Academy, 1942. First edition. Hardcover. 1942. First edition of 4450 copies. Hardcover, 4to. in tan cloth with pictorial onlay, printed titles. 520pp. illustrated with portraits and class photos of Naval Academy cadets and midshipmen. Very good. Foxing, soil to board, offsetting to endpapers and tape.....
Third Service Command: Inspection for Overseas Service, 1 June 1944. I.O.S.
Fort Monroe, VA: Coast Artillery School, 1944. Paperback. 1944 Softcover 8vo, 8pp + many charts. Very good with some tanning to the covers and a stamp that reads "file" on the front. Contents, including charts, are clean and unmarked.
Ranglisten des Kaiserlichen und Königlichen Heeres, 1918: Abgeschlossen mit Personalverordnungsblatt Nr 40/18, teilweise bis Personalverordnungsblatt Nr. 77 Berichtigt
Wien: K. K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1918. First edition. Hardcover. 1918. German text. 2286 pp. Hardcover, thick 4to. Cloth-backed boards with the possibly original cloth spine. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. Clean contents. About two-dozen stiff tabs on foredge text-block. Appears to be a list of soldiers who.....
To Die for Germany: Heroes in the Nazi Pantheon
Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1992. First edition. Paperback. First edition, 1992. Paperback, 329 pp. A near fine copy.
Tiger Jack
Ft. Collins, CO: Old Army Press, 1979. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 198pp., illustrated in b&w. Book shows some wear and soil to bottom of spine and bottom corners, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ shows mild rubbing, now in archival mylar wrap.
WWII Photo Album from 1943 including the battle of Tarawa, Hawaiian Islands, etc.
Kept by Pvt. Joseph B. Flaherty of the US Marines, Oblong small quarto, decorated leather covers titled "Service Album, US Marines," with cruising record: Left San Diego on June 30, 1943, arrived in New Zealand 34 days later, and in Oct. traveled from NZ to Tarawa where he participated in.....
Carrie's War
Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [1973]. Later printing. Hardcover. First American edition, fifth printing, [1973]. 8vo, hardcover, 159 pp. Book is Near Fine, author's signature on title page; otherwise, page are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is Near Fine, residue of library sticker on and near foot of spine. Dust.....
Kavallerie-Divisionen der Waffen-SS Im Bild
Osnabruck, Germany: Munin, 1986. Second edition. Hardcover. Silver stamped orange cloth boards in dust jacket, quarto, 223pp., illustrated in b&w. Book shows gentle wear to edges of boards, binding tight, text clean and unmarked, with text in both German and English. DJ has hint of edgewear, rubbing, now in archival.....
Scapegoats: A Defense of Kimmel and Short at Pearl Harbor
Annapolis, MAryland: Naval Institute Press, 1995. Third edition. Hardcover. 1995 Hardcover in Fine condition. In a Fine dust jacket.
Bell Serviceman Vol. 2, No. 3: February 1, 1944
Buffalo, NY: Bell Aircraft Corp. 1944. Paperback. 1944 Softcover 8vo, 14pp. Printed in green and black, copiously illustrated with cartoons, advertisements, and diagrammatic drawings of Bell aircraft parts and machines. With disclaimer on front cover, restricting distribution to unauthorized parties which would impacct the National War Effort. Ostensibly distributed to.....
Rumour and Reflection, 1941-1944
London: Constable Publishers, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, 1952, hardcover with blue cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 399pp., not illustrated. Book VG+ with hint of wear to edges, small white spotting to rear board, binding tight, endpapers off-set, otherwise text clean and unmarked. DJ VG with rubbing, toning.....
Lettre Aux Anglais - One of 32 signed copies
Rio de Janeiro: Atlantica Editora, 1942. First printing. Paperback. First edition, appears to be no. 8 of 32 numbered copies SIGNED BY BERNANOS, quarto, wraps, good plus copy with quite a bit of foxing to covers and endpapers, preliminary pages and last several pages, text otherwise very good and partly.....
Breakout and Pursuit (The European Theater of Operations, United States Army in World War II)
Washington DC: Chief of Military History of the US Army, 1978. Reprint. Hardcover. 1978, reprint. Hardcover. One large fold-out map in envelope plus numerous fold-outs and photos bound-in. Very Good. Rubbing to covers. Clean contents.
Fighting Colours: RAF Fighter Camouflage and Markings 1937-1969
London: Patrick Stephens, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. 1969 Hardcover, with Dust Jacket. In Very Good condition, with light edge wear, and with the previous seller notation to the front end papers. The price clipped Dust Jacket is also in Very Good condition, with light edge wear.
The Book of Remembrance and War Record of Mill Hill School (1939-1945)
London: Mill Hill School / Frederick Stannard. Hardcover. Publication date and edition not stated, but internal evidence suggests a ca. 1948 publication. Hardcover in Very Good condition, with light shelf wear. No jacket present.
War and Peace in Finland; A Documentary Survey
New York: Soviet Russia Today, 1940. First edition. Paperback. 1940. First edition. Paperback. 128pp. with frontis map of Soviet railroads in Finland. Good. Wrapps are chipped at extremities. Head of spine is begining to detach from binding. The edges are dust spotted. Light foxing and water damage to bottom margin.....
Flares of Memory: Childhood Stories Written by Holocaust Survivors
Pittsburgh: Holocaust Center of the United Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, 1998. Hardcover. 1998. Hardcover. 586 pp. Illustrated in b&w. Very good. Spine-head bumped. Previous owner's gift inscription on half-title. Contents otherwise clean.